Your Study Plan on Sisu

If you have not already activated your study plan, see instructions for creating a study plan here. 

Basic features

Sisu has several features accessible only through your primary study plan. If you have several study plans, you need to make sure you have marked the current one as your Primary plan. Features such as:

• Creation of new content or content that deviates from the predetermined structure of the study plan
• Graduation requests and graduation
• Requests for the recognition of prior learning and related decisions
• Applications for an extension of the right to study and related decisions

It is crucial that you keep your primary study plan up to date. If you wish to have another study plan as your primary plan, click on the button with three black dots in the upper right corner of the Structure of Studies page. A drop-down menu will appear; click on Select as the primary plan.

• Printing a study plan

You can print your study plan on paper or save it as a PDF file. The print will display the status of the study plan as well as scheduled and completed studies. Please note that, for the time being, study drafts are not displayed in print-outs.

Click on the button with three black dots in the upper right corner of the page Structure of Studies. Select Print plan from the drop-down menu.

If no such window pops up, you can open one by clicking on the Print button in the top right corner of the study plan that you wish to print. If you wish to return to the edit mode, click on the button Go back to structure.

• Copy as a new plan

With this function you can copy your current study plan as a template for creating a new one. When you create a new study plan with this function it will have be named as COPY.

• Deleting a study plan

First, open the study plan you wish to delete. Click on the button with three black dots in the upper right corner of the Structure of Studies. In the drop-down menu, click on Delete plan. A pop-up window will appear asking you to confirm that you want to delete the plan. A deleted study plan will be permanently erased and cannot be retrieved.

Please note that you can not delete your primary study plan in Sisu. In order to delete a study plan you need to have at least one other study plan in addition to the one you wish to delete. If you only have one study plan, or try to delete your primary study plan, the Delete plan option in the drop-down menu can not be selected.

Completed credits and grades

You can see your completed credits and grades on Sisu. Here is a description of the different ways your credits are shown:

• Study plan and studies that will be visible on your degree certificate

All courses included in your degree are visible in your study plan External link. Here you can see what courses you have already completed, and what you still need to complete. Completed courses are marked with a laurel-wreath 
If you have completed a course that belongs to your coming degree, but that is not visible in your study plan, you need to follow these instructions to add the completed course to your study plan.

• Collection of credits completed

All courses that you have ever completed at Arcada can be found under My profile/Completed credits External link on Sisu. Included here are also courses that do not belong to your coming degree certificate. Neither will these courses ever be visible in your study plan. In this section of Sisu you can also see failed courses (which are not visible on your transcript of records).
 

How to change version of completion method

If not automatically displayed, always choose the current ongoing academic year's version; 2024-2025. 

1. Click on the blue text View courses to update in the yellow banner.

   

2. Click on Show course.

   

3. Select the ongoing academic year, 2024-2025, in the drop-down menu and then, click on Switch to this version.

   

4. Click on Select on the right in the blue banner that appears. If you see more than one option here, select the one that suits you best. Do this for all courses that need to be updated. Please not that all courses do not have completion methods to select.

   

Apply for degree certificate

You can apply for the degree certificate when all the graduation requirements are fulfilled. When you have completed 100 % of your studies in Sisu, the application for a degree certificate will open in Sisu. We recommend that you contact your degree programme director before applying for a degree certificate in Sisu, as your study plan needs to be correct before you apply for a degree certificate (if the study plan is incorrect you will have to apply for a degree certificate again after it has been corrected).

1. Contact your degree programme director to have your study plan checked before sending in your application in Sisu.
2. Submit your application for degree certificate External link.

3. Fill out the application for a degree certificate inside Sisu. You can find it under Structure of studies. When you have completed all your courses a green notification will appear to inform you that you can apply for graduation. You can then click on the yellow symbol to open the application.